FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, is flanked by White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman, left, and then-Housing and Urban Development Secretary-designate Ben Carson as he speaks during a meeting on African American History Month in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Manigault Newman, who was fired in December, released a new book "Unhinged," about her time in the White House. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who called Donald Trump 'unfit' to be president, lost in the Minnesota's GOP gubernatorial primary Tuesday, derailing his political comeback attempt; Rep. Keith Ellison won the state’s Democratic primary for attorney general, despite allegations of domestic abuse

Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children since the 1940s -- and senior church officials covered it up, a grand jury report said Tuesday

Omarosa vowed she will 'not be silenced' as the Trump campaign seeks legal action against her

Closing arguments are expected Wednesday in the fraud trial of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort as the defense rested its case without calling any witnesses

Turkey has announced it is increasing tariffs on imported U.S. products, further escalating a growing trade war and its own economic crisis

In all, voters in four states headed to the polls Tuesday to select nominees for critical gubernatorial, House, and Senate races in November, and several of the day's contests were broadly seen as an early indication of voters' views on Trump and the Republican Party. Businessman and political newcomer Bob Stefanowski won the Republican primary for Connecticut governor, defeating four fellow GOP contenders and setting the stage for a pivotal battle with Ned Lamont in November. Connecticut is ground zero for Republican efforts to continue their gains in progressive New England. Even though Connecticut voted for Hillary Clinton by double digits in 2016, the state's governor, Dan Malloy, is deeply unpopular, with critics citing high taxes and an ongoing budget crisis. Malloy declined to seek a third term.

PENNSYLVANIA’S ‘PREDATOR’ PRIESTS: Hundreds of priests in Pennsylvania were said to have molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, and senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., allegedly covered up the abuse, according to a grand jury report released Tuesday ... The “real number” of abused children might be in the thousands since some secret church records were lost, and victims were afraid to come forward, the grand jury said. The report accused Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who leads the Washington archdiocese, of helping to protect abusive priests when he was Pittsburgh’s bishop.

The report put the number of abusive clergy at more than 300. In nearly all of the cases, the statute of limitations has run out, meaning that criminal charges cannot be filed. More than 100 of the priests are dead, and many others are retired or have been dismissed from the priesthood or put on leave.

MANAFORT TRIAL WRAPPING UP? - Closing arguments in the tax evasion and fraud trial of Paul Manafort are set for Wednesday as defense lawyers rested their case without calling the former Trump campaign manager to the stand ... Addressing the court for the first time during his trial on Tuesday, Manafort stood up and told Judge T.S. Ellis III that he did not want to testify. After two weeks of testimony from prosecution witnesses, it had been unclear whether the defense would put forward witnesses or evidence of their own. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team rested its case Monday afternoon. Ellis told both sides to limit closing arguments to one and a half hours each.

TURKEY TARIFFS FIGHT: Turkey announced Wednesday it is increasing tariffs on imports of certain U.S. products, escalating a feud with the United States that has helped trigger a currency crisis ... In a decision announced in the Official Gazette, the capital of Ankara said it was imposing extra tariffs on imports of products including rice, vehicles, alcohol, coal and cosmetics. Turkey's Vice President Fuat Oktay said on Twitter that the tariffs on certain products were increased "within the framework of the principle of reciprocity in retaliation for the conscious economic attacks by the United States."

The Turkish lira has dropped to record lows in recent weeks, having fallen some 42 percent so far this year. The currency has now stabilized at around 6.50 lira against the dollar. Turkey has accused the United States of waging an "economic war" as part of a plot to harm the country. Washington has imposed financial sanctions on two Turkish ministers and doubled steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkey, as President Trump tries to secure the release Andrew Brunson, an American pastor being tried in Turkey on espionage and terrorism-related charges.

COURT TV: "The plea deal that [Mueller] gave to Gates is shameful. Basically they charged him with over 100 years of felony charges, and then the next day they plead him out to two minor charges." – Andrew McCarthy, former federal prosecutor on "Outnumbered," predicting the defense's closing argument in Paul Manafort's trial will hone in on one person: his former partner and prosecution star witness Rick Gates. WATCH

THE OMAROSA BAIT: "The president has responded, I think, in a very egregious and distasteful way that does him no credit at all." – Geraldo Rivera, on "The Story with Martha MacCallum," sizing up the Omarosa-President Trump feud and arguing that Trump should have fired the former reality star from his administration long before her eventual departure. WATCH

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